Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume I

Mr. Hall, district attorney, to Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State.

Southern District of New York, United States District Attorney’s Office,
May 25, 1850.

Sir: Your letter of the 21th instant is just received, and I have sent for the Spanish consul to call at this office forthwith, and furnish such information as may enable me to proceed at once under the sixth section of the act of 1818. You may rely upon “a rigid execution of the law,” so far as it can be executed by your obedient servant,

J. PRESCOTT HALL,
United States Attorney.

Hon. John M. Clayton,
Secretary of State, &c., &c.

P. S.—Before your letter was received, I had addressed a communication to you upon this subject, which you will doubtless receive tomorrow.